Hi, and welcome to our second edition of C-Kers online. We have another edition of some of the stuff we would have been doing at C-Kers after Easter, so get ready for some craft, a story and a great trick from Shaun.
The story this week is about the prophet Elijah who was running from King Ahab who had threatened to kill him after he had been told that God was going to cause a long drought in the land because of the king’s worship of idols. After spending a while in a ravine east of Jordan where God sent ravens to feed him, God told Elijah to go to a town called Zarephath in the district called Sidon, north of the Kingdom of Israel and stay with a widow and her son. Here’s the story on video – we’ve no idea what the robot is doing – he wasn’t in the story!
Elijah trusted God and found that God helped him in a very difficult situation. He also discovered that God could use him to bless other people and show how gread God was. That didn’t just involve an unliited supply of bread, but also in God’s power, Elijah raise her son from the dead! You can read the full story in 1 Kings 17:1-24.
Messy Craft – Bread Clay
What you need … – 1 slice of white bread. – 1 tablespoons of glue. – ½ teaspoon of washing up liquid. – Bowl and spoon – (optional) Lemon Juice and coloured paint – (optional) cocktail stick and string/ribbon What to do …
Remove the crusts from a slice of white bread.
Rub the bread in your hand over a bowl to make breadcrumbs.
Add the glue to the bread a little at a time while mixing with a spoon.
Add a drop of washing up liquid to soften and preserve the clay.
(optional) For a nice smell, add a drop of lemon juice.
(optional) For coloured clay, knead a few drops of paint into the clay.
Mix together with your hands to form a ball of dough.
Make into the shape of bread.
(optional) For a Keyring or Necklace make a hole using a cocktail stick.
Leave to dry for a few days.
(optional) thread string/ribbon through the hole to make a Keyring or Necklace.
You can also print out and fill out the worksheets below.
The article by Andy Glover is here and is provocatively called “Should Church buildings ever open again”. It’s worded in a way to make us think of the opportunities the lockdown has opened to us.
For those of you wanting to follow up on the Tearfund item in the prayers, then go to their website.
For Reflection and
Discussion
In the Isaiah 58:3-9, what was so wrong with the
way the people of Judah were behaving?
Surely every society has the poor and disadvantaged?
Mark
referred to the Robin Mark quote where he states the Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon us. Take
a look at 1 John 2:20, 27. How does the anointing of God make a difference in
this passage.
What other
meanings can anointing have in our witness and ministry as God’s people. Look at: Matthew 6:17, Mark 6:13, James 5:14.
What can we learn
from the following that may be relevant to us as God’s people? Leviticus 8:12, Exodus 28:41, Psalm 105:15, Psalm
45:7.
Take time to reflect on the anointing God gives His
church today. How might that help to
shape our thinking as we explore our future ministry as a church after
lockdown?
Hi and welcome to C-Kers online. We hope you’re not getting too bored – it’s been 10 weeks that we’ve been stuck at home now. If you’re looking for something to do, why not try some of the crafts and stuff that we would have done at C-kers over the last few weeks? We’ll add some more editions in the coming weeks. Before we start, let’s get a message from one of our Wednesday C-Kers favourites: Scruffy.
Each week, we’re going to have a look at some of the stuff that we would have done at Wednesday C-Kers and have a go at both the craft and puzzles, as well as listen to the story. So off we go with the story!
We are going to do crafts each week on C-Kers Online. So have a look at the sheet below and see if you can make the spinner. There’s an instruction sheet and the spinner template. You’ll need to ask for some extra bits and pieces, then off you go! You’ll also need access to a printer to do all these activities. They will all download in a form you can print off.
The words on the spinner come from the Bible in Colossians 1:16 “For in him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.” The Bible is talking here about Jesus and there is a mini-book below which you can make up which will tell you more about this.
The
great news is that,
since
we started, five of
our clients have become debt
free,
and we have five more clients we are
supporting on
their journey to become debt
free.
However,
the last few months
have been challenging times for us. First CAP
Head Office made the very
difficult decision to stop taking new clients in August so they
could
address the large
backlog of cases and enquiries, review how
they work and change to be less “work-driven” and more “God-driven”.
They resumed taking
clients
in February but within weeks
home visit appointments with clients were stopped
by the Government
lockdown. CAP
Head Office were
able
to quickly develop
a new system for
telephone appointments for existing clients
and have recently resumed taking calls from NEW CLIENTS to arrange
appointments. So, the GOOD
NEWS is that we are
back in business offering a full service, even if
it has to be only
by telephone for the time being.
CAP Money Course
Before
Lockdown we
had two CAP Money courses scheduled –
2 afternoon sessions at The Laydens, and 3
evening sessions at White Gables
Care Home Stanley Road. Sadly, these have
had
to be postponed. The course at White Gables will be the
3rd course we
have run there, many
thanks to
Alison for making us
welcome and offering a
non-church venue to encourage
more attendees. We wanted to
offer the afternoon sessions at The Laydens
to hopefully attract mums, dads and carers who cannot get
to our evening sessions.
We have also
been working with
Warren Hill Prison
to run CAP Money Courses
for prisoners about to be released. We have built
a good relationship with the Warren
Hill Prison
staff and we were able to
present the first session of the
course in
which
five prisoners participated. Unfortunately, we were unable to
deliver
the second session because the lockdown had
started.
We now have
five
CAP Money Course Coaches
trained and we are
looking
forward
to sharing with many
people of Felixstowe ways to manage their money and
budget better once normal
service can be
resumed.
Some of the Money Coaches already offer
one to one support
at St Phillips, St Peters &
Paul & Christchurch
Pop
Up Shops. If you
know of anyone who would benefit
from attending a CAP Money Course hold them
in your
prayers and contact
your church representative or myself
Carolyn Jones, St Marys Walton Representative, on 07900882582.
The Future
The Lockdown has
left many
people worried, anxious and struggling with debt and money
concerns. The debt
counselling service is now available so if you
know
of
anyone in debt please encourage them to call
CAP on 08003280006. New
dates for CAP Money Course courses will
be on The CAP website with posters and information sent via
church newsletters and e-mails.
Currently we need:
someone to train as a debt coach to work alongside Rick our debt centre manager and
more befrienders who can walk alongside a client on their path to become debt free and
a prayer coordinator
If you would like to
know more about these opportunities please contact Steve Lineham
steve.lineham@btinternet.com phone: 01394 672455
Prayer – please pray:
For the five Existing Clients, that they will continue to be able to live within their budget and work with CAP
For NEW Clients: that some of the many people in debt will have the confidence to make contact
For Rick (as Debt Coach): that he can understand and complete the necessary training to be able to competently guide clients through the radically changed interview processes required to enable them to work with CAP.
For the Befrienders: that they can continue to assist their existing clients and that we can find ways to link them up with clients who are having only telephone appointments.
For one existing male client who “Rick happened to meet” on the day lock-down was announced who asked Rick “How do I become a Christian?”. The following day (despite lock-down) his befriender and Rick visited him at home and had the privilege of witnessing him pray to ask Jesus into his life. He continues to grow, and says life is totally different.
I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. Jeremiah 29 v 11.
WPN have produced some prayer news and information relating to current activities during this COVID-19 pandemic. It can be downloaded and printed off here or can be viewed below.
This is a service that prepares us for Thy Kingdom Come which starts on 21st May (Ascension Day) and the programme for it is in the post immediately below this one.
